Railway car



June 26, 1923.

W. E. WINE RAILWAY CAR Filed June 23 1921 \NiLLIAM E. WINE qmwm PatentedJune 26, 1923.

WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed June 23, 1921. Serial No. 479,728.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at T- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of 6 Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Cars, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway cars, and has among its objects toprovide an improved arrangement of drop door mechanism for the same.Another object is to provide a simple method of supporting the doorsfrom the car structure and of positively locking them in closedpositions.

With these general objects in view, the invention consists of theformation, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereindescribed and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of'theinvention v Figure 1 isa diagrammatic view showing in side elevation aportion of a railway car having drop doors arranged for the use of thepresent mechanism.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vlew of the side of a car showingone of the drop doors with the locking mechanism associated therewith.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken through a portion of thecar and through one of the drop'doors.

Referring to these drawings, the side of the car which is shown asconstructed of horizontally arranged side lanking, is denoted by thenumeral 1. nmediately beneath the side planking is a metal side sill 2,which is formed of a structural steel channel with the back of the samesubstantially on line with the inside face of the side planking, the webbeing vertical and the horizontal flanges located beneath the bottomedge of the side planking and outstanding away from the center of thecar. The car may have a center sill constructed of the customary plateand channel type, as designated by'the numeral 3, on top of which may bearranged a portion of the floor planking 4.

construction are door hinges, such as 5, and

to these are swingingly attached one or more Secured as by riveting tothe center sill' side of the car and are arranged to swing about an axisparallel with the center sill of the car, or in other ,words, to swingtransversely of the car, thereby providing for the discharge of thelading to a point alongside of the track.

The door in the present construction is formed of door planks 7supported upon battens I .8. A reinforcing hinge strap 9, passes beneaththe planking and extends inward to the pivoted edge of the door Where itis formed in 100 fashion as at 10 to provide the door portion of thehinge. At the outer or free edge of the door this reinforcing memberextends slightly outside of the lines of the car side and is thereformed in 1001p fashion, as at 11, to provide an accessib e extension orhand hold for lifting the door, and also to provide a locking face forthe engagement of the door supporting hooks when the door is in closedposition. 76 This location of the locking hook also makes it easy torelease the doors. It will be understood that a plurality of these hingemembers, preferably two, are furnished for each door, and they arearranged-in spaced rela-, so tionship with each other so as to. properlysupport the door and to provide a reasonable hinge spacing. One of thebrackets 5 should be provided upon the center sill for each of the doorhinge members 9.

a gravity actuated door hook member, such as 12, is pivoted upon theside sill 2 for each of the members 9. These are arranged to swinglongitudinally of the car, or at right angles to the swing of the door,about pivot points 13 and just outside of and alon the edge of the lowerflange of the channe 2. These hooks, as well as their brackets now to bedescribed, are positioned so that the books will face in the oppositedirections; that is, the hooks when forced to their supporting positionwill swing towards the members 9 and away from each other. Thepositioning of these hooks to swing in the opposite irections isimportant and the benefits derived will be described more in detail asthe specification proceeds. A bracket, such as 14, is provided for eachhook 12. The said bracket preferably includes an inner plate memberhaving projections which extend back into the cavity of the channel soas to space the outer face of the said plate in, substantial alinement'with the outer edge of the lower flange of the "said channel. Thebrackets 14: are no riveted to the web of the channel 2 in order tosimplify .the problem of removal for re-,

this cam, which is eccentric in shape, is rotated about its pivot 16 inone direction it allows the hook 12 to be driven out of posi-' tionbeneath the portion 11 of the hinge member 9. When the hook is inposition beneath the projection 11 for supporting the door, the cam 15may be rotated in the proper direction to engage the back of the hookand hold it in position. The looped ends 11 of the members 9 serve tolimit or arrest b direct contact therewith the movement 0 each hook inone direction. Thus when each hook is locked by the rotation of the cam15 pivotal movement in one direction is prevented by the engagement ofthe hook wlth the hinge extension or arm 11, and pivotal movement of thehook in the opposite direction is prevented by its lockin' cam.

retaining late 17, corresponding in outline to the p ate of the bracket14, may be applied over the hook 12 and cam .15 of each racket, therivets coincident with the pivot points 13 and 16, as well as anadditional rivet 18, passing through this plate and through the plate ofthe bracket 14 and the channel 2, thereby economically tying all ofthese parts together and producing a compact arran ment and oneespecially suited to roug' service. The door is thus supported at bothedges upon corresponding members, namely, the hinge members 9, so thatthe forces are largely restricted and concentrated in these members. Thelooped ends 11 ofthe members 9 are arranged to sli htly overreach thefree edge of the door an there constitute, as hereinbefore stated, bothhandholds and hook-enga g arms for cooperation with the swingmg hooks12. It will be noted that the free ed e of the door falls approximatelon line wit the outer edge of the flange o the channel 2, and the loopedends or extensions 11 extend out beyond the lines of the door ed es andoutside of the lines of the channefs. By extending the free edge of thedoor to and under the side 'sill 2 I obtain the maximum door opening,and in addition it will be seen that the door is supported not upon thefloor of the car but u n the longi tudinal framework thereof, at is, ato posite ends upon the center and side sil the hinged edge of the doorbeing. supported upon the center sill and the swinging edge upon theside sill. This construction relieves the floor proper from load and allvi bration which would otherwise result from the support of the doorsthereu n.

bers 12 which are applied to the car side so as to swing in o positedirections. By thus arrangi the hooks and particularly in a constructlonin which the plane of movement of the hooks is parallel with thelongitudinal axis of the car the effect of end shocks to which cars aresubjected in service are neutralized. Among the advantages which flowfrom this. construction may be -mentioned the following: first, any andshock which tends by the inertia of either the hook or the door or bythe hook lock or mm to release one ofthe hooks, will automatically, byreason of the other hook facing in the opposite-direction, tend totighten this oppositely arranged or companion hook,

thus ensuring; at all times that at least one of the'two ooks by whicheach door is fastened will be in engagement with the door arm 11.Second, by reasonof the hooks facing in opposite directions all parts ofthe door and door mechanism will be tightly looked a ainst vibrationwhen the hooks are driven ome from opposite directions. Third, thedoor'wili be held in its normal position with respect tothe door openingin the car floor and the weave of the car side with respect to thecenter sill will be prevented. Fourth, when the hooks are forced "tolocked position and maintained in this position by means of the came 15,it will be seen that each door will be held against slippage either fromhinge clearance or other relative movement between the door and the carbody which might occur from shocks or impacts incident to service.

The invention just described is particu-- I larly a pilicable to oldcars of the wooden type, alt ough it may be simple ed to advantage inman of t e most m cm forms of cars. The oors as constructed and arrangedare of a very simple character and the mechanism for supporting them iseconomical in first cost and positive in operation. It is notcontemplated to sup ly any winding mechanism-for liftin the oors as ithas been found from; experience that this can be readily done by hand,so thatmany of the disadvantages incident to door operating devices areavoided the present construction.

being disposed in opposite directions with. V respect to each other andbeim arranged to cooperatebetween the door an the car body in suchmanner thatone of mes-1- rs will arrest the door slippage longiincometudinally of the car, in one direction and the other against suchslippage in the opposite direction.

2. In a door device for railway cars, a door hinged to the car body, apair of doorsupporting members pivoted upon the car body and arranged tocooperatively engage portions of the doornear the free edge of the sameto retain the door in closed position, the said members being arrangedto swing from opposite directions into engagement with the doors, saiddoor cooperating with the door-supporting members for limiting the swinof the door-supporting members in one direction, and means cooperatingbetween the door-supporting members an the car body for holding the saiddoor-supporting members against movement in the opposite directions.

3. In a door device for railway cars, a door hin d to the car bod withthe pintles thereof ying lon itudina 1y of the car, a

air of brackets afl ixed to the door and overying the free edge of thesame, one'near each end thereof, a pair of door-supporting hooks pivotedupon the car body and arranged to swing in opposite directions intoengagement with the said brackets, and

means for holding the hooks in engagement with their respectivebrackets.

4. In a door device for railway cars, a door hinged to the car body, apair of brackets afiixed to the door and over-reaching the free edge ofthe door, one near each end thereof, a pair of door-supporting hookspivoted upon the car body and arranged to swing substantially at rightangles to the swing of the door and in opposite directions from eachother into engagement with the said brackets, and means for holding thehooks in engagement with their,

respective brackets.

5. The combination with a railway car having a .center sill extendinglongitudinally of the car near the center thereof, of a door hinged inthe floor of the car along one side of the center sill, the free edge ofthe door being arranged to be swung into:

a closed position along the side of the car, a pair of brackets carriedby the door and extending outwardly therefrom beneath the side of thecar, a pair of door-supporting hooks pivoted upon the side of the car,one" arranged for'supporting. cooperation with each of the saidbrackets, the said hooks being arranged to swing from oppositedirections into engagement with the respective brackets, and meansco-acting between the hooks and the side of the car for holding thehooks in engagement with the brackets.

5. In a door device for railway cars, a door hinged to the car body withthe door of portions projecting from the free end of said door, andmeans for retaining the said door in closed position, said meanscomprising a pair of independently movable members, each of said membersbeing adapted to engage one of said projections, said membersbeing'movable in opposite directions to release sald door.

7. In a door device for railway cars, a door hinged to the car body andfurnished with a plurality of arms projecting from the free edgeopposite said hinge and intermediate the side edges thereof, and a pairof hook members carried by said car and each adapted to engage one ofsaid arms, said hooks being movable in opposite directions to disengagethe same from said arms, and means for releasably maintaining said hooksin engagement with said arms.

8. In a door device for railway cars, a door hinged along one of itsedges to the car body, means for releasably holding the opposite edge ofsaid door adjacent a fixed portion of said car body, said meanscomprising a pair of members carried by said door and a pair ofoppositely arranged gravity actuated'members carried by said car body,said last named members being .adapted to respectively engage said doormembers and being movable in opposite directions to release said door,and means for releasably maintaining said gravity actuated members inholding position.

9. Ina door device for railway cars, a door supported at one edge on thecar body, means for releasablymaintaining the opposite edge of said dooradjacent a fixed portion of said car, said means comprising a pair ofmembers connected to said door and a pair of oppositely arranged gravityactuated members carried by said car, said last named members beingadapted to engage able gravity actuated members, said members beingadapted when in engagement with said projecting portions of said door tohold the latter from longitudinal movement with respect to said car, andseparate means cooperating with each of said members for retaining thesame in engaging position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

pintles arranged longitudinally of the car,

said door being provided with a plurality WILLIAM E. WINE.

